Guys so I finally catch up with TGV Sunway Velo IMAX after its laser upgrade. Last I watched there was Flash so I can really tell the difference. Also I usually watch in GSC Southkey IMAX which uses 3rd gen Xenon. So here is my thought

Sunway Velo IMAX is the best cinema hall I’ve been in the country. Hands down for this statement. It is single laser and I sat at Row E which is nearer to the screen. But the CoLa laser is super good. Brightness, color, contrast, and native 4K resolution all were obviously better than 3rd gen Xenon in Southkey IMAX

And the 12 channel sound - this is next level experience. There are 4 overhead speakers together with 4 corner speakers (balance 4 behind screen I guess) and the overhead speakers works way better than Atmos. Everytime helicopters fly above screen the sound passes from front to overhead speakers. Amazing precise banging sound quality

One more thing - maybe I overlooked so I hope someone here can re-confirm. Sunway Velo is a 1.43:1 screen not 1.90:1. It is the only such screen in the peninsular. And when they played Superman trailer, the image was from top to bottom of screen. Which means it was 1.43:1 footage rather than 1.90:1 which other IMAX would play. When they played MI8 even with expanded ratio, the images didn’t reach top & bottom of screen. Which is how I realised Superman trailer footage was indeed 1.43:1 which means the CoLa in Sunway Velo can project 1:43.1 footage maybe because the throw up distance between projector and screen is not far like the one in BFI IMAX London

Mind that both BFI London & Sunway Velo screen size are quite the same (85ft x 65ft) but I’ve been to BFI where it cannot even show 1.90:1 footage from left to right of screen because projector is too far from screen

I hope someone can re-confirm the Superman trailer in Sunway Velo. And the experience of watching MI8 in Sunway Velo IMAX was truly OUT OF THE WORLD 😍

Yo, cool for you to experience Velocity's IMAX and great that you had a good time. The screen is indeed 1.43:1 (1.33:1 to be exact) but the projector is still single laser, thus the max aspect ratio it can produce is 1.9:1. The Superman trailer was in 1.9:1 as there was letterboxing at the top and bottom. I have visited that hall many-a times and watched that trailer too. I wished it was 1.43:1 but alas, it's up to TGV to upgrade to it if or eventually.

If it was 1.43:1, we would have gushed about it here, particularly with Dune part 2 and this year surprisingly, Sinners which has true IMAX scenes. Still, it has the biggest screen in Malaysia so it's still the "best" hall our country has to offer.